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. >> mitch mcconnell went on to call move a joke. democrats will be adopted as their position later this afternoon. it is another chilly day in the nation's capital. not as much sunshine today. >> we do not have the psychological sunshine giving us the boost that we in in terms of temperatures. the senators are similar to what we had yesterday. here is a perfect -- temperatures are similar to what we had yesterday. here is fairfax. i will show you satellite images. strasbourg, 39. 49 in landover 47 in la plata. 44 in gainesville. mostly cloudy. we could see some sign later this afternoon. the average height is 48. we will be -- high is 48. we will be near 50. " temperatures. denver, 49. atlanta, 52. i will have. >> the ticket with developing story in upper marlboro. a student accused killing her roommate, and that case could get to the courtroom today. brad bell has the details. >> some dramatic moments in court moments ago. in a bit of a surprise, alexis simpson, the accused killer, took the stand in her own defense, saying that the
. >> mitch mcconnell went on to call move a joke. democrats will be adopted as their position later this afternoon. it is another chilly day in the nation's capital. not as much sunshine today. >> we do not have the psychological sunshine giving us the boost that we in in terms of temperatures. the senators are similar to what we had yesterday. here is a perfect -- temperatures are similar to what we had yesterday. here is fairfax. i will show you satellite images. strasbourg, 39....
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mitch mcconnell said he, quote, burst into laughter. still, the white house is making it clear until the republicans counteroffer. >> we didn't say how or how much or who should pay. >> there are a lot of items on the table. the president knows what they are. the question is, what are they willing to do? >> at midnight the clock runs out. taxes will go up on everybody. and republicans will instead be in a position of voting against middle class tax cuts. democrats bring such a bill to the floor. on sunday house minority leader signaled democrats may not wait saying in a statement, quote, if speaker boehner refuses to schedule this widely supported bill for a vote on democrats for a vote, democrats will introduce a discharged petition to automatically bring to the floor the senate passed middle class tax cuts bill, that bill that would pass the 98% automatically raise the rates to the clinton era for the top 2%. ultimately he has to bring out the best deal. this new negotiation strategy. it appears to have genuinely thrown republicans fo
mitch mcconnell said he, quote, burst into laughter. still, the white house is making it clear until the republicans counteroffer. >> we didn't say how or how much or who should pay. >> there are a lot of items on the table. the president knows what they are. the question is, what are they willing to do? >> at midnight the clock runs out. taxes will go up on everybody. and republicans will instead be in a position of voting against middle class tax cuts. democrats bring such a...
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moving on down mitch mcconnell's ladies who will back me up list. what about list is murkowski, the republican senator from alaska? senator murkowski you may remember voted for the anti-contraception blunt amendment. she was with mcconnell on that but then she admitted publicly she regretted the vote, she would like to take that vote back if she could. still, her colleague and minority leader in the senate, if we were to ask her about this supposed republican war on women, she would say she sees no evidence of any such thing. this is not a hypothetical. turns out somebody did ask senator lisa murkowski about the republican war on women just a few days ago and this is what she said about it. >> this is not only discussion in congress but you've got presidential wannabes that are talking about whether or not contraception is good, bad, indifferent, wrong. women feeling that the party that i've chosen to affiliate myself with, the republican party is ignoring their concerns, is causing them to feel like the rights that they believe were settled a long
moving on down mitch mcconnell's ladies who will back me up list. what about list is murkowski, the republican senator from alaska? senator murkowski you may remember voted for the anti-contraception blunt amendment. she was with mcconnell on that but then she admitted publicly she regretted the vote, she would like to take that vote back if she could. still, her colleague and minority leader in the senate, if we were to ask her about this supposed republican war on women, she would say she...
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mitch mcconnell was clear about this. his position is untenable and that he needs to move from it toward them by toward them, he means to their position entirely. >> bill: which is to -- allow all of the tax cuts to continue including the tax cuts for the wealthy. >> to only have these loopholes which they haven't specified except bob corker from tennessee who's come out with a very, very detailed plan which is going to be unpopular but at least he's come up with a plan. >> he's the only person who says something. they keep saying we're all for revenues but you're right. it is only closing loopholes. they haven't said which loopholes they're going to close. again, that doesn't put enough money on the table. so they're trying to confuse people by saying oh, look, forget grover norquist, we're all about revenues. it is about revenues versus rates. they don't want to touch the top rate. that's the problem. if they think the president is going to budge they've got another thing coming. >> bill: meanwhile let's stick to grover
mitch mcconnell was clear about this. his position is untenable and that he needs to move from it toward them by toward them, he means to their position entirely. >> bill: which is to -- allow all of the tax cuts to continue including the tax cuts for the wealthy. >> to only have these loopholes which they haven't specified except bob corker from tennessee who's come out with a very, very detailed plan which is going to be unpopular but at least he's come up with a plan. >>...
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now mitch mcconnell is take his own stab at it. it's not going well. unfurntly, it was all on tape today. that's coming up. t the number og anti-aging cream undeniably. it creamed unbelievably a $500 cream and now women have made regenerist microsculpting cream also unscented. women love it. in original and also fragrance-free. you're probably muddling through allergies. try zyrtec® for powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® is different than claritin® because it starts working faster on the first day you take it. zyrtec®. love the air. >>> this is the secretary general of the united nations. he's the top guy. this is the previous top guy. as they get dispatched by their country to do important things. guys that used to head up the united nations also get tapped for missions impossible. he's been tapped to try to stop this. the regime has responded to protests and calls for reform by turning syria's military might against its on civilian population. a deal was worked out in which tomorrow was supposed to be the deadline for syrian troops to pull out
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now mitch mcconnel is take his own stab at it. it's not going well. unfurntly, it was all on tape today. that's coming up. ♪ [ male announcer ] aggressive styling. a more fuel-efficient turbocharged engine. and a completely redesigned interior. ♪ the 2012 c-class with over 2,000 refinements. it's amazing...inside and out. ♪ the c-class starts at just $34,800. we asked total strangers to watch it for us. thank you so much, i appreciate it, i'll be right back. they didn't take a dime. how much in fees does your bank take to watch your money ? if your bank takes more money than a stranger, you need an ally. ally bank. no nonsense. just people sense. >>> this is the secretary general of the united nations. he's the top guy. this is the previous top guy. as they get dispatched by their country to do important things. guys that used to head up the united nations also get tapped for missions impossible. he's been tapped to try to stop this. the regime has responded to protests and calls for reform by turning syria's military might against its on civili
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now mitch mcconnel is take his own stab at it. it's not going well. unfurntly, it was all on tape today. that's coming up. ♪ [ male announcer ] aggressive styling. a more fuel-efficient turbocharged engine. and a completely redesigned interior. ♪ the 2012 c-class with over 2,000 refinements. it's amazing...inside and out. ♪ the c-class starts at just $34,800. on our car insurance. great! at progressive, you can compare rates side by side, so you get the same coverage, often for less. wow! that is huge! [ disco playing ] and this is to remind you that you could save hundreds! yeah, that'll certainly stick with me. we'll take it. go, big money! i mean, go. it's your break, honey. same coverage, more savings. now, that's progressive. call or click today. let's see what you got. rv -- covered. why would you pay for a hotel? i never do. motorcycles -- check. atv. i ride those. do you? no. boat. house. hello, dear. hello. hello. oh! check it -- [ loud r&b on car radio ] i'm going on break! the more you bundle, the more you save. now, that's progressiv
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. >> jamie: well, there is a push by the senate republican leader mitch mcconnell as well to put medicare and social security on the table to try and the budget crisis we're talking about. mcconnell telling the "wall street journal" that those are the kind of things that would get republicans interested in new revenue. maybe bipartisan. john fund, a columnist for the "national review magazine." good morning. >> good morning. >> jamie: great to have you here this morning. >> thanks. >> jamie: we have less than a month left as we have been talking about went're now in december for the fiscal cliff. what truly is on the table where both democrats and republicans are concerned? do you see anything they agree on? >> we have four weeks to go and so far there is not very much. remember, president obama said in the campaign he favored a balanced approach to getting over the fiscal cliff. balanced normally means about 50/50. 50% spending restraint. 50% revenue enhancement. but the president's proposal is apparently something like 80% tax increases. 20% spending restraint. unspecified. unspecified
. >> jamie: well, there is a push by the senate republican leader mitch mcconnell as well to put medicare and social security on the table to try and the budget crisis we're talking about. mcconnell telling the "wall street journal" that those are the kind of things that would get republicans interested in new revenue. maybe bipartisan. john fund, a columnist for the "national review magazine." good morning. >> good morning. >> jamie: great to have you here...
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mitch mcconnell is a reserved guy, right? even he, though, has a well spring of kind of fundamental conservative belief and principle and experience. he's been there for a while. mitt romney doesn't have the fundamental connection. he wasn't there back in the day. he wasn't there in '94. he wasn't there with reagan. he can talk the talk. but the problem is can he communicate it and connect with people? i don't see him doing that. he can mouth the words and he can get enthusiastic and as we've seen he is adept at turning on a dime shaping his message but it's kind of hard to see him with that crowd. >> if mitch mcconnell can do it mitt romney can. >> he has tried in the past but i think the question a lot of conservatives have, is it in his heart? does he mean it or is he out playing president? i think you'll see that today. >> we'll be right back with this great panel discussion. right now it's trivia time. we asked how many women have held both congressional seats and cabinet posts? the answer is four. secretary of state hil
mitch mcconnell is a reserved guy, right? even he, though, has a well spring of kind of fundamental conservative belief and principle and experience. he's been there for a while. mitt romney doesn't have the fundamental connection. he wasn't there back in the day. he wasn't there in '94. he wasn't there with reagan. he can talk the talk. but the problem is can he communicate it and connect with people? i don't see him doing that. he can mouth the words and he can get enthusiastic and as we've...
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the leader takes a look at the political career of senator mitch mcconnell who served as senator of kentucky since 1985. >> the senior senator from kentucky he is the longest serving senator from kentucky and the republican leader in the united states senate and some contended the four most republican in history. he was born in alabama, came to kentucky as a young person, got involved in republican politics, served as the county judge executives here in jefferson county which is the large city in kentucky is located and ran for the senate in 1984 and ousted the democratic incumbent and has been reelected four times since then. it's been a steady upward decline in the ranks of republican leadership in the u.s. sent. he came in with no connections and no national reputation and kind of built his reputation on issues like campaign finance reform and resisting a lot of the measures in campaign finance reform, got into the leadership and now is the leader and would aspire to become the senate majority leader after the election this fall. his primary legislative area of expertise is probably campa
the leader takes a look at the political career of senator mitch mcconnell who served as senator of kentucky since 1985. >> the senior senator from kentucky he is the longest serving senator from kentucky and the republican leader in the united states senate and some contended the four most republican in history. he was born in alabama, came to kentucky as a young person, got involved in republican politics, served as the county judge executives here in jefferson county which is the large...
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even mitch mcconnell should acknowledge the hypocrisy in that one. over the fiscal cliff negotiations one thing has become crystal clear. the schisms are becoming more and more pronounce. there are three distinct groups, theological warriors who want to impose their views on the country. tee party zealots and remnant of the pro business moderates while their fiscal views are the last reasonable voice in the republican party. it's this last group who are willing to compromise and combine their ideologies with governing. it is this group bit by bit who are peeling away the extreme views of the rest of the party. the most important question remains are there enough of them to make a deal and reign in the g.o.p. circus. joining me now charles pierce, writer to esquire and author and host of ring of fire and majority report sam seder. do you feel sorry for john boehner who has all these circus folks with him? >> i don't. >> eliot: shocking to me. >> look, he has--he's trying to maintain his caucus, and you know, at the end of the day i don't really invest
even mitch mcconnell should acknowledge the hypocrisy in that one. over the fiscal cliff negotiations one thing has become crystal clear. the schisms are becoming more and more pronounce. there are three distinct groups, theological warriors who want to impose their views on the country. tee party zealots and remnant of the pro business moderates while their fiscal views are the last reasonable voice in the republican party. it's this last group who are willing to compromise and combine their...
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we all heard by now republican leader in the senate mitch mcconnell laughed at it. there you see some of the provisions there. $600 billion in savings. some of it from medicare, another 50 billion in spending and new spending on infrastructure and stimulus spending. that's something that republicans aren't going to want to go to. the two sides are far apart. here we are on december 1st, the clock is ticking. if they can't come to a deal over the course of december, delay all the christmas vacations and then the nation does go over the fival cliff and some people are thinking about the unthinkable now, craig. yes, it all boils down to that tax rate and the white house is playing hardball. they are insisting that the votes are there. they are, in some cases, playing to the democratic base that wanted to see this all along in past negotiations, craig. remember two years ago when we had the same debate about extending the president's tax cuts the president caved and no one expects this to happen this time and yet the votes aren't there in the house of representatives, e
we all heard by now republican leader in the senate mitch mcconnell laughed at it. there you see some of the provisions there. $600 billion in savings. some of it from medicare, another 50 billion in spending and new spending on infrastructure and stimulus spending. that's something that republicans aren't going to want to go to. the two sides are far apart. here we are on december 1st, the clock is ticking. if they can't come to a deal over the course of december, delay all the christmas...
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senator mitch mcconnell. [applause] >> good evening. thank you so much. you guys are doing a fabulous job running this university bter and better every year. i also want to an analysis of performance of dr. gary, thank you for the wonderful job you are doing. [applause] i also want to welcome this evening our many men and women in uniform, especially our friends from fort knox, fort campbell, the bluegrass army depot, the kentucky national guard, the reserve forces from all of our services and all of our heroic veterans. thank you veryatn. [applause] i also want to take a moment to recognize the sacrifice of lieutenant-colonel john loplis who was killed in kabul, last saturday. he was an air force officer. he leaves behind a wife and two daughters. i know everyone here, including our honor speaker, grieves. we are celebrating a first tonight. this is the first sitting secretary of the events we have had in the 21 year history of this program. it is an honor to have him here. more than 10 years after september 11, america remains a nation facing a changing
senator mitch mcconnell. [applause] >> good evening. thank you so much. you guys are doing a fabulous job running this university bter and better every year. i also want to an analysis of performance of dr. gary, thank you for the wonderful job you are doing. [applause] i also want to welcome this evening our many men and women in uniform, especially our friends from fort knox, fort campbell, the bluegrass army depot, the kentucky national guard, the reserve forces from all of our...
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but mitch mcconnell and speaker boehner need to be more specific. that doesn't add up to more than two or three really dollars worth of cuts. the president proposed many more cuts than not. that is the beginning. this is a negotiation process. i am a lawyer and we settle cases by someone saying this or that and then they move to the middle. that is not what is going on, although mitch mcconnell name three things, that is more than the house republicans have done. again, the republicans are afraid to talk about where the cuts should come. because they're going to have to talk about medicare. megyn: entitlement spending is two thirds of the budget. they have to talk about that. >> president obama says entitlements need reform. megyn: okay, i just didn't want you to suggest the ones i would have to talk about it -- everybody's going to have to talk about it, as painful as it may be. brad, i'd like to ask you about it. dick says that president obama has proposed $4 billion in spending cuts. possibly medicare savings at some point. that was in his budget
but mitch mcconnell and speaker boehner need to be more specific. that doesn't add up to more than two or three really dollars worth of cuts. the president proposed many more cuts than not. that is the beginning. this is a negotiation process. i am a lawyer and we settle cases by someone saying this or that and then they move to the middle. that is not what is going on, although mitch mcconnell name three things, that is more than the house republicans have done. again, the republicans are...
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at that time mitch mcconnell was singing a very very different tune. actually advocating the nuclear option while the democrats who are now are advocating it were saying it was a gross abuse of power. and there is no guarantee that the nuclear option would actually work. under majority leader harry reid's tenure the senate has failed to pass a budget over the past three and a half years even though passing a budget only requires a simple majority. vote. shep, back to you. >> shepard: doug mckelway on capitol hill tonight. thanks. integrity counts in the business world and the feds say a lack of integrity just got bp suspended from new government contracts. that's the word now after the company agreed to plead guilty to charges involving its response to the catastrophe in the gulf of mexico. just in case you have forgotten, 11 men died when the deep water horizon oil rig exploded and sank two years ago. that sat off an enormous environmental disaster. today officials with the environmental protection agency barred bp from any new government contracts be
at that time mitch mcconnell was singing a very very different tune. actually advocating the nuclear option while the democrats who are now are advocating it were saying it was a gross abuse of power. and there is no guarantee that the nuclear option would actually work. under majority leader harry reid's tenure the senate has failed to pass a budget over the past three and a half years even though passing a budget only requires a simple majority. vote. shep, back to you. >> shepard: doug...
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mcconnell. >> we want to save these programs and i understand the dilemma the president and the majority leader have. their hard left doesn't want to change anything ever. >> reporter: but the top senate democrat harry reid says republicans are the ones dragging their heels. there's been little progress with the republicans, which is a disappointment to me. they've talked some happy talk about doing revenues, but we only have a couple weeks to get something done. >> reporter: republicans point out that medicare and medicaid are the largest future drivers of the debt. they say they won't agree to increased revenue from taxes unless they get entitlement cuts as well. scott, it's safe to say there are going to be people on the right and left howling mad at no matter what this deal looks like. >> pelley: nancy, thank you very much. one idea they're looking at is scaling back one of the most popular tax breaks of all: the mortgage deduction. dean reynolds will tell us more about this later in the broadcast. that crisis in egypt is growing tonight. more than 200,000 protesters have filled cair
mcconnell. >> we want to save these programs and i understand the dilemma the president and the majority leader have. their hard left doesn't want to change anything ever. >> reporter: but the top senate democrat harry reid says republicans are the ones dragging their heels. there's been little progress with the republicans, which is a disappointment to me. they've talked some happy talk about doing revenues, but we only have a couple weeks to get something done. >> reporter:...
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mitch mcconnell blamed the president's simplistic policies for rising prices at the pump. the president has called g.o.p.'s plan for lowering an empty promise. meantime the price of gas jumped again overnight. national average for regular unleaded now 3.73. up 15 cents from a week ago. the price of gas has been steadily rising since the beginning of the year. mike emanuel is on capitol hill tonight. any signs of any kind of progress from today's meeting, mike? >> well, shep, getting president obama and the speaker of the house in the room together for the first time face-to-face in seven months may be a start. we know top lawmakers including senate republic leader mitch mcconnell and boehner were invited to the white house for lunch. afterwards everybody said the right things. it was a good opportunity to talk about finding common ground on issues like energy. but other leading republicans are saying the president's only plan is reducing more domestic production. >> said no literally to all the things that would help ease the supply situation in this country. he said no to
mitch mcconnell blamed the president's simplistic policies for rising prices at the pump. the president has called g.o.p.'s plan for lowering an empty promise. meantime the price of gas jumped again overnight. national average for regular unleaded now 3.73. up 15 cents from a week ago. the price of gas has been steadily rising since the beginning of the year. mike emanuel is on capitol hill tonight. any signs of any kind of progress from today's meeting, mike? >> well, shep, getting...
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mcconnell, and the other leaders in the republican party including, of course, rnc chairman, reince. >> we need a united front. the administration lied because they didn't follow the narrative that bin laden's dead and gm is alive. bin laden is dead, great thing, but al-qaeda is alive and well and its affiliates killing u.s. ambassador and the three americans. where is the outrage, the legitimate outrage on the part of the republicans to come out to get to the baht dome of this? i think the story is going to have legs because it gets worse every day, and we should be dodging kerry now at every move saying what are you doing as a member of the senate in order to get to the bottom of this? you signed a letter. now, mr. kerry, what are you doing about itings and the president has to be held to account at the debates. even though this is a domestic debate wednesday, romney should question him on it. lou: your thoughts? you get the last word. >> i've been in des moines, iowa there, and people there are frustrated about what's going on in washington. they believe the administration's cover
mcconnell, and the other leaders in the republican party including, of course, rnc chairman, reince. >> we need a united front. the administration lied because they didn't follow the narrative that bin laden's dead and gm is alive. bin laden is dead, great thing, but al-qaeda is alive and well and its affiliates killing u.s. ambassador and the three americans. where is the outrage, the legitimate outrage on the part of the republicans to come out to get to the baht dome of this? i think...
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speaker boehner, nancy pelosi, mitch mcconnell, and harry reid. earlier today, the senate majority leader sounded frustrated with the republicans in congress. >> nothing can move forward unless speaker boehner and mitch mcconnell are willing to come up with a bipartisan plan to participate. speaker boehner is unwilling to negotiate. we have not heard a word since neither mcconnell. nothing has happened. >> i should note that senator reid was due for a news conference later this afternoon. that has since been canceled. perhaps the senate majority leader has decided to do his talking behind closed doors and hammer out a deal. greg: filled with metaphors, no doubt. what a republican saying about the status of the fiscal cliff negotiations? reporter: they have been pretty quiet so far. we know the speaker of the house and the republican leadership team in the house is due for a conference call with members that are still back in their home districts later this hour. we expect senate republican leader mitch mcconnell to be on the senate floor. the top
speaker boehner, nancy pelosi, mitch mcconnell, and harry reid. earlier today, the senate majority leader sounded frustrated with the republicans in congress. >> nothing can move forward unless speaker boehner and mitch mcconnell are willing to come up with a bipartisan plan to participate. speaker boehner is unwilling to negotiate. we have not heard a word since neither mcconnell. nothing has happened. >> i should note that senator reid was due for a news conference later this...
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and then i'm told that mitch mcconnell and harry reid, the democratic leader in the senate jumped in before john boehner really got a chance to fully respond and say, look, we will take the ball and try to pass a bipartisan bill in the senate. the president responded by saying i will give you a day or two but we're running out of time. if you don't get it done in the senate. i want an up or down vote. then he came out and addressed reporters in the briefing room it is clear that the president is only cautiously optimistic that this is going to take a look. take a listen. >> it if there are disagreements they sort through the disagreements. the notion that our elected leadership can't do the same thing is mind boggling to them. it needs to stop. i'm moderately optimistic that an agreement can be achieved. >> the president realizes after weeks of saying no they will get it done at the first time. they realize for the first time we may go off the cliff. harris. >> harris: they do call them experts for a reason the ones telling us this would be coming. >> plan a was basically the dramati
and then i'm told that mitch mcconnell and harry reid, the democratic leader in the senate jumped in before john boehner really got a chance to fully respond and say, look, we will take the ball and try to pass a bipartisan bill in the senate. the president responded by saying i will give you a day or two but we're running out of time. if you don't get it done in the senate. i want an up or down vote. then he came out and addressed reporters in the briefing room it is clear that the president...
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lou: striking you are not hearing speaker boehner or mitch mcconnell. >> when have congressional leaders been major lead irs of their party,hey are wheel ordealers. >> politics abhor a vacuum. lou: governors are nation -- >> but, several are chief executives. i want to stick up for mcconnell and boehner, they are playing hand theying dealt, on the 1600 pennsylvania avenue, with a huge mandate to raise taxes. >> if you look at personalties of three leading governors, chris christie, markio rio, and bobbyen jen gend el they arg personallies. lou: i want to, go back to the intellectual leadership amongst those governors, the names of people you think are those leaders. >> newly elected governor of indiana mike pence. he will not set up the health care exchange, and susana martinez. >> and scott walker of wisconsin. >> he has been eleed twice in a state that mitt romney lost by 7 points. lou: you had to leave it with governor romney. >> their bench is really thin that is why joe biden is the vice president. come on, let's leave
lou: striking you are not hearing speaker boehner or mitch mcconnell. >> when have congressional leaders been major lead irs of their party,hey are wheel ordealers. >> politics abhor a vacuum. lou: governors are nation -- >> but, several are chief executives. i want to stick up for mcconnell and boehner, they are playing hand theying dealt, on the 1600 pennsylvania avenue, with a huge mandate to raise taxes. >> if you look at personalties of three leading governors,...
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, this is the mitch mcconnell who said we're going to -- my main goal is to defeat the president, not give him a second term. >> how is that working? >> senator mcconnell, second term is here, things have changed, and the obama -- the last term where he was reaching out offering to negotiate from the middle, is gone. you know, he's going to put out there what he wants because he won and there is not a chance of defeating him now. at least in an election. and i don't think on this issue. on the issue of middle class tax cuts republicans want to go forward saying we raised taxes on the middle class. >> but chris, doesn't the white house have to be a little more specific about what's in that $400 billion of medicare cuts? i mean they're trying to smoke out what the republicans are willing to go for, but each side is suspicious, understandably, they will get hammered publicly. >> that's right. and the democrats on the hill and in the white house will tell you, that we don't want to be the face of tax increases and of entitlement cuts. so, they're saying we have a budget here, $400 billion
, this is the mitch mcconnell who said we're going to -- my main goal is to defeat the president, not give him a second term. >> how is that working? >> senator mcconnell, second term is here, things have changed, and the obama -- the last term where he was reaching out offering to negotiate from the middle, is gone. you know, he's going to put out there what he wants because he won and there is not a chance of defeating him now. at least in an election. and i don't think on this...
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>> mitch mcconnell is taking this slightly exaggerated view here, at the least. the proposed bill, the bill that was filibustered in the senate would impact democratic groups as well as republican groups. certainly, there are more republican groups this year since citizens united that have benefited from large donations, multimillion-dollar donations. studies have shown republican c4 groups have a raised democratic ones. but the bill would impact both equally. >> and the bill has been defeated? >> it has been blocked at this stage, right. i don't think there's any comparison for the nixon enemies list. i think what drives the bill's sponsor -- >> fascinating that mcconnell is raising it about nixon critics and he is a longtime advocate for greater transparency in campaign finance a gestation and rolls. in fact, that is one of his major talking points over the years, that we do not need more regulations but greater transparency. here he is on the other side and said, well, if it is a politically-driven effort. which i think is an exaggerated one. i think republica
>> mitch mcconnell is taking this slightly exaggerated view here, at the least. the proposed bill, the bill that was filibustered in the senate would impact democratic groups as well as republican groups. certainly, there are more republican groups this year since citizens united that have benefited from large donations, multimillion-dollar donations. studies have shown republican c4 groups have a raised democratic ones. but the bill would impact both equally. >> and the bill has...
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mitch mcconnell telling us they have been going back and forth all day and the talks are continue nooght evening. no major progress yet to report. and that is how fox reports on this saturday december 29th. i'm harris falkner. tune in tomorrow as the fiscal cliff deadline nears on the eve of the last stock market day of the year, we will be all over it. with deadlines, they are trying to get a vote, trying to get it together. huck uh key starts -- huck uh booy starts now. >>> out with the old and in with the new. what does 2013 have in store? obama care. over a third of the states won't set up exchanges needed. >> to have an unknown cause factor pressed upon us is something irresponsible in my opinion for us to assume. >> the georgia governor on what needs to be fixed before obama care becomes law. then regulation nation. while the president promises green energy, environmental rules have choked the industry and sent millions to the unemployment lines. >> he is bound and determined to have that level of taxation out of the country. >> the new taxes that lie ahead. and getting married? bu
mitch mcconnell telling us they have been going back and forth all day and the talks are continue nooght evening. no major progress yet to report. and that is how fox reports on this saturday december 29th. i'm harris falkner. tune in tomorrow as the fiscal cliff deadline nears on the eve of the last stock market day of the year, we will be all over it. with deadlines, they are trying to get a vote, trying to get it together. huck uh key starts -- huck uh booy starts now. >>> out with...
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. >> congresswoman, as we see with nancy pelosi willing to stay put, mitch mcconnell staying put. harry reid and john boehner staying put. the president back in, what people would expect musical chairs. none will happen. it's the same people in the same positions and yesterday senate majority leader mitch mcconnell took to the floor and said they won't compromise. we had that interview with paul ryan with abc's jonathan karl saying it's not a mandate. they have a divided government so they'll continue with back and forth of head butting and the taxes should not be raised on wealthiest americans. are we headed just for the same old same old once again? >> i don't think so. first of all we are very pleased about nancy pelosi remaining as leader. she's done an extraordinary job in helping to increase our numbers here on the democratic side, in raising the money that was necessary for us to strengthen our hand here in the house and so she has done such a good job that we urged her to please stay on and that experience really does count. let me just say this, there is some posturing go
. >> congresswoman, as we see with nancy pelosi willing to stay put, mitch mcconnell staying put. harry reid and john boehner staying put. the president back in, what people would expect musical chairs. none will happen. it's the same people in the same positions and yesterday senate majority leader mitch mcconnell took to the floor and said they won't compromise. we had that interview with paul ryan with abc's jonathan karl saying it's not a mandate. they have a divided government so...
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mitch mcconnell is warning it could get worse. >> in the name of efficiency they would prevent the very possibility of compromise and threaten to make the disputes of the past few years look like mere pillow fights. >> he is
mitch mcconnell is warning it could get worse. >> in the name of efficiency they would prevent the very possibility of compromise and threaten to make the disputes of the past few years look like mere pillow fights. >> he is
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>> i guess -- you always ask that question, except to mitch mcconnell. >> excuse me, you, mr. hoyer, mr. clyburn, you're all over 70. is it going to prohibit younger leadership from moving forward. >> so you're suggesting that everybody step aside? >> i'm simply saying, does this -- >> i think that what you will see, and let's, for a moment, honor it as a legitimate question. although it's quite offensive. but you don't realize that, i guess. the fact is, the fact is, is that everything that i have done in my almost decade of leadership is to elect younger and newer people to the congress. in my own personal experience, it was very important for me to elect young women. i came to congress when my youngest child, alexandra, was a senior in high school, practically on her way to college. i knew that my male colleagues had come when they were 30. they had a jump on me, because they didn't have to -- i did what i wanted to do. i was blessed to have that opportunity, to sequentially raise my family and then come to congress. but i wanted women to be here in greater numbers at an ea
>> i guess -- you always ask that question, except to mitch mcconnell. >> excuse me, you, mr. hoyer, mr. clyburn, you're all over 70. is it going to prohibit younger leadership from moving forward. >> so you're suggesting that everybody step aside? >> i'm simply saying, does this -- >> i think that what you will see, and let's, for a moment, honor it as a legitimate question. although it's quite offensive. but you don't realize that, i guess. the fact is, the fact...
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i like what mitch mcconnell has said. i like the part about the president and him coming to agreement on some parts there. but you know, the president is a good speaker and always has been. but when it comes to listening to the speech, i could quote you the rest of the line. ram things down the throats, that will never happen. you know, they took the elite few and went behind closed doors and click -- crammed down the health care bill. i do not know what the deficit was when the president came into office, but we know that it keeps climbing higher and higher and we definitely need to get -- i run my household this way. if i cannot afford something, i cannot put the money into it. >> thank you for the call. four years ago the debt was about $12 trillion. as of today, we are close to $16.40 trillion. you can get that from the u.s. debt clock. we have a web site at c- span.org, about the fiscal cliff, leading up to this december 31 deadline, you can check it out anytime on our website. you can also weigh in on our facebook p
i like what mitch mcconnell has said. i like the part about the president and him coming to agreement on some parts there. but you know, the president is a good speaker and always has been. but when it comes to listening to the speech, i could quote you the rest of the line. ram things down the throats, that will never happen. you know, they took the elite few and went behind closed doors and click -- crammed down the health care bill. i do not know what the deficit was when the president came...
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which may be bad news for mitch mcconnell. i'll explain in a minute. sarah, ben chandler without a job is a dangerous potential if you're mitch mcconnell running for re-election. >> it'll be interesting to see how the minority leader handles politics heading into his own election as you just eluded to. >> he's in a vice grip. he's got a potential primary challenge he was worried about. >> here the thing about mitch mcconnell. he is a smart political operative. he will put together a great team there. he's already reached out to rand paul. i think he'll be fine. we're already talking about 2014, by the way. >> i'm going to talk about 2016 in a minute. i don't know how much mitch mcconnell is able to be a good negotiator for republicans. did he earn the right to lead senate republicans next year? this has not been a good run for him. >> i'm not sure he gets all the blame for it. there's a little bit of blame to go around. you know, senator cornyn probably will get some of the blame. some of the blame goes to the individual candidates who said stupid thin
which may be bad news for mitch mcconnell. i'll explain in a minute. sarah, ben chandler without a job is a dangerous potential if you're mitch mcconnell running for re-election. >> it'll be interesting to see how the minority leader handles politics heading into his own election as you just eluded to. >> he's in a vice grip. he's got a potential primary challenge he was worried about. >> here the thing about mitch mcconnell. he is a smart political operative. he will put...
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>> yeah, you heard mitch mcconnell was laughing about it. they're not taking it very seriously. but i think the white house is willing to sort of come back on the table. i think you're going to see white house aides going back to capitol hill. they'll be back and forth on pennsylvania avenue, sort of negotiating this. and, yes, they do have three weeks or so to get this out. that's a lot of time in washington. and like ed said, the payroll tax debate, i think we're going to see echoes of that. they're going to be working up until the last minute. and we'll see some kind of deal, i would hope. >> you know, ed, there are those who say, though, that the gop may be in a more desperate position. in fact, if the democrats refuse to back down on any parts of this plan, and the country then goes over the cliff, the administration could point fingers and blame the gop. that's one sense of ideology. is there anything to that? >> well, not only could they point fingers and blame the gop, then, of course, they could just cut everyone's taxes, because everyone's taxes will have gone up on ne
>> yeah, you heard mitch mcconnell was laughing about it. they're not taking it very seriously. but i think the white house is willing to sort of come back on the table. i think you're going to see white house aides going back to capitol hill. they'll be back and forth on pennsylvania avenue, sort of negotiating this. and, yes, they do have three weeks or so to get this out. that's a lot of time in washington. and like ed said, the payroll tax debate, i think we're going to see echoes of...
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the speaker of the house joined by mitch mcconnell talking to reports. >> good afternoon, everyone. we had a positive lunch at the white house today and we discussed a number of areas where i believe that there is common ground between the two political parties and particularly on jobs and on energy. i'd like to think that some of the bipartisan bills that we have moved through the house will be taken up soon by democrats over in the senate. you know, during the state of the union address the president said that he was for an all of the above national energy policy. the house republicans have been through a national all of the above energy policy now for about five years. and it is the same approach that his jobs council in their annual report supported as well. so we offered to work with the president on some of those bipartisan bills, again, that have been passed in the house, and the president believed that there were some areas where we could find common ground and frankly i was encouraged by that. we also discussed the jobs act. the package of bipartisan bills that was introduc
the speaker of the house joined by mitch mcconnell talking to reports. >> good afternoon, everyone. we had a positive lunch at the white house today and we discussed a number of areas where i believe that there is common ground between the two political parties and particularly on jobs and on energy. i'd like to think that some of the bipartisan bills that we have moved through the house will be taken up soon by democrats over in the senate. you know, during the state of the union address...
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here is the offer from mitch mcconnell. they'll accept the republicans, these new tax revenues from high income earners, which is what the president wants, if the white house will consents to some entitlement changes like increased eligibility age for medicare and the higher premiums for the wealthy. the president always wants the wealthy to pay their fair share. so would democrats agree to that? >> well, i think the thing that's troubling most democrats and probably troubling the president is that the signaling from the republican leadership, at least on the senate side, has not been clear. and it sounded as though even though there was a commitment to more revenue, it was not clear that the revenue would come in the form -- >> gregg: they're going to stick it to the wealthy in two ways, republicans are willing to do this. make them pay higher tax by closing loophole, make them pay higher premiums for medicare. i would think democrats, donna, would be jumping at that. >> i think that democrats really want to be participati
here is the offer from mitch mcconnell. they'll accept the republicans, these new tax revenues from high income earners, which is what the president wants, if the white house will consents to some entitlement changes like increased eligibility age for medicare and the higher premiums for the wealthy. the president always wants the wealthy to pay their fair share. so would democrats agree to that? >> well, i think the thing that's troubling most democrats and probably troubling the...
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but even though it is mitch mcconnell's idea, even though he came up with it, mitch mcconnell is not for it. mitch mcconnell at this point does not support the mcconnell plan at all. he didn't think democrats did either. and yesterday he wanted to call their bluff. now that is when c-span 2 suddenly became amazing television. yesterday afternoon mitch mcconnell asked the senate to move to an immediate vote on the mcconnell plan. vote on it now. you figured harry reid would back down. prove that even democrats don't like this idea. but reid did not back down. he doubled down. he said, yeah, let's vote on the plan. but let's move to an immediate up or down vote. no filibuster, no 60-vote requirement, let's see if it gets 51. if so, it's passed. at which point, mcconnell kind of filibustered his own bill. he said, no, if we're not going to have a 60-vote threshold, there would be no vote at all. he got his wish and then e he launched a filibuster or a 60-vote challenge against a vote he asked for. claire mccaskill was senate president at the time. here was her reaction. >> is their obje
but even though it is mitch mcconnell's idea, even though he came up with it, mitch mcconnell is not for it. mitch mcconnell at this point does not support the mcconnell plan at all. he didn't think democrats did either. and yesterday he wanted to call their bluff. now that is when c-span 2 suddenly became amazing television. yesterday afternoon mitch mcconnell asked the senate to move to an immediate vote on the mcconnell plan. vote on it now. you figured harry reid would back down. prove that...
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what is going on perhaps behind the scenes because mitch mcconnell, among others, critics of the president, of course, were saying where is the presidential engagement. why is he going out to the public and continuing a political campaign to drum up support and not engaging one on one, meeting with the leaders again? >> well, the president has been very much engaged in these issues and he's been engaged for the last several years. he's made it clear he wants balanced solution to our problems, a balance between additional revenues collected from the most fortunate the top 2% of income earners as well as balance in terms of reductions in spending. >> what do you think of warren buffett's proposal for a minimum income tax on high earners for people who are now paying so much less, paying what mitt romney paid, paying what warren buffett pays, 14 or 16%, because of capital gains and other investments, what about a minimum tax that would require them to pay 35%? >> the president has supported the buffet principle for a long time and his state of the union address last year, he supported buffet
what is going on perhaps behind the scenes because mitch mcconnell, among others, critics of the president, of course, were saying where is the presidential engagement. why is he going out to the public and continuing a political campaign to drum up support and not engaging one on one, meeting with the leaders again? >> well, the president has been very much engaged in these issues and he's been engaged for the last several years. he's made it clear he wants balanced solution to our...